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May 19, 2014, 11:29:02 PM5/19/14
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Ottawa Bureau - Published May 16, 2014
Fired ACOA execs received extra payments
Two Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency executives booted from their
jobs were given cash payments outside their salary, say the Liberals.
Suspended Enterprise Cape Breton Corp. CEO John Lynn will receive a
severance package worth his annual salary of between $169,000 to
$199,000, Cape Breton-Canso MP Rodger Cuzner said in the House of
Commons this week.
Lynn has been on leave for a year and is the subject of two
investigations. He is still drawing his salary but will lose his job
once Enterprise Cape Breton is folded into ACOA.
The legislation that winds down ECBC prevents all outgoing board members
from seeking compensation except for Lynn.
ACOA deferred questions about Lynn to the Privy Council Office, which
could not be reached for comment.
Cuzner also said that Kevin MacAdam received a performance bonus, though
this could not be confirmed by The Chronicle Herald. MacAdam, a former
staffer to federal cabinet minister Peter MacKay, was appointed as
second-in-command of ACOA’s operations in Prince Edward Island.
However, upon starting in February 2011, he underwent two years of
language training. His appointment was later revoked by the Public
Service Commission.
MacAdam appealed, but that was dismissed by the Federal Court this week.
“Kevin MacAdam has still not stepped inside the ACOA P.E.I. office,”
Cuzner said in the House of Commons.
“Can the minister responsible confirm to the House, though, that even
though Mr. MacAdam hasn’t darkened the door he was awarded a performance
bonus?”
Gerald Keddy, parliamentary secretary for ACOA, said later in an
interview that he was not aware of any bonus for MacAdam or a severance
package for Lynn.
ACOA spokesman Robert Bourgeois said that Treasury Board rules prevent
managers from receiving bonuses while they are away on language training.
Bourgeois did not clarify whether MacAdam received a performance bonus
in the year since his language training ended. During that time, MacAdam
was awaiting the outcomes of the investigation and his court challenge.
MacAdam has 30 days to decide whether to appeal the Federal Court ruling
to the Federal Court of Appeal. His lawyer said Friday that is an option.
“I can confirm we are reviewing the decision with Mr. MacAdam and that
we are assessing the possibility of an appeal. But that’s really all I
can say at this point,” said Craig Stehr of Ottawa’s Nelligan O’Brien
Payne LLP.
If he appeals, MacAdam could continue to draw his salary until that
decision is delivered.
ACOA executives Patrick Dorsey and Kent Estabrooks were sanctioned by
the commission for inappropriate actions in MacAdam’s hiring and also
appealed the decision.
All three were ordered to pay the government’s legal fees when Federal
Court Judge Richard Mosley dismissed their appeal. The total charges
will follow a court formula but have not been calculated yet.
Current ACOA president Paul LeBlanc and former president Monique
Collette were also cited for improper behaviour in the hiring.
Fired ACOA execs received extra payments
Two Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency executives booted from their
jobs were given cash payments outside their salary, say the Liberals.
Suspended Enterprise Cape Breton Corp. CEO John Lynn will receive a
severance package worth his annual salary of between $169,000 to
$199,000, Cape Breton-Canso MP Rodger Cuzner said in the House of
Commons this week.
Lynn has been on leave for a year and is the subject of two
investigations. He is still drawing his salary but will lose his job
once Enterprise Cape Breton is folded into ACOA.
The legislation that winds down ECBC prevents all outgoing board members
from seeking compensation except for Lynn.
ACOA deferred questions about Lynn to the Privy Council Office, which
could not be reached for comment.
Cuzner also said that Kevin MacAdam received a performance bonus, though
this could not be confirmed by The Chronicle Herald. MacAdam, a former
staffer to federal cabinet minister Peter MacKay, was appointed as
second-in-command of ACOA’s operations in Prince Edward Island.
However, upon starting in February 2011, he underwent two years of
language training. His appointment was later revoked by the Public
Service Commission.
MacAdam appealed, but that was dismissed by the Federal Court this week.
“Kevin MacAdam has still not stepped inside the ACOA P.E.I. office,”
Cuzner said in the House of Commons.
“Can the minister responsible confirm to the House, though, that even
though Mr. MacAdam hasn’t darkened the door he was awarded a performance
bonus?”
Gerald Keddy, parliamentary secretary for ACOA, said later in an
interview that he was not aware of any bonus for MacAdam or a severance
package for Lynn.
ACOA spokesman Robert Bourgeois said that Treasury Board rules prevent
managers from receiving bonuses while they are away on language training.
Bourgeois did not clarify whether MacAdam received a performance bonus
in the year since his language training ended. During that time, MacAdam
was awaiting the outcomes of the investigation and his court challenge.
MacAdam has 30 days to decide whether to appeal the Federal Court ruling
to the Federal Court of Appeal. His lawyer said Friday that is an option.
“I can confirm we are reviewing the decision with Mr. MacAdam and that
we are assessing the possibility of an appeal. But that’s really all I
can say at this point,” said Craig Stehr of Ottawa’s Nelligan O’Brien
Payne LLP.
If he appeals, MacAdam could continue to draw his salary until that
decision is delivered.
ACOA executives Patrick Dorsey and Kent Estabrooks were sanctioned by
the commission for inappropriate actions in MacAdam’s hiring and also
appealed the decision.
All three were ordered to pay the government’s legal fees when Federal
Court Judge Richard Mosley dismissed their appeal. The total charges
will follow a court formula but have not been calculated yet.
Current ACOA president Paul LeBlanc and former president Monique
Collette were also cited for improper behaviour in the hiring.
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On 5/19/2014 8:29 PM, "{>_<} Раиса" <"{>_ @nyet.ca> wrote:
> Ottawa Bureau - Published May 16, 2014
>
> Fired ACOA execs received extra payments
Tories accused of patronage after ACOA ruling
OTTAWA - A New Democrat MP accused the federal Conservatives on Friday
of playing patronage at the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency after a
Federal Court judge threw out a bid to overturn a commission decision on
an appointment.
Charlie Angus said the judge's decision shows officials at ACOA "bent
the rules" to protect Kevin MacAdam, who has ties to the Conservatives.
"That means that while hard-working Canadians and senior citizens are
being told the cupboard is bare, they are stuffing the trough with their
Tory friends," he said in the House of Commons.
Read rest here:
http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2014/05/16/tories-accused-of-patronage-after-acoa-ruling/#.U3rMEig36cx
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